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i will extend them, though i disagree with the policies signed into law. playing a prominent role in moving that legislation to reality. congratulations in order. >> he was steadfastness, really terrific. lou: and he moved quickly. in your judgments is that going to be sufficient to reduce gun violence in the state of new york? >> it will help lot, but guns are unique. we have to have national action bake is illegal guns come from other states. lou: new york lives in its world pristine and pure the sullied by gun traffickers from other states. some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. >> and have been very successful in stopping criminals from buying guns illegally. but we do have states that have weakened control laws along the border and the guns come in from the states. we need national legislation here. lou: we will be right back in just moments. we will hear exactly how good that new law is in new york and whether or not it is the template for the nation. i say no. i say no. we will be right back. at a dry cleaner, i say no. we will be rig
i will extend them, though i disagree with the policies signed into law. playing a prominent role in moving that legislation to reality. congratulations in order. >> he was steadfastness, really terrific. lou: and he moved quickly. in your judgments is that going to be sufficient to reduce gun violence in the state of new york? >> it will help lot, but guns are unique. we have to have national action bake is illegal guns come from other states. lou: new york lives in its world...
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what do you think of this law? >> there is nothing new here. in just about everything to you and, if a patient tells you that they want to kill someone or themselves, you not only have the right to go and won the person or tell the authorities, or commit the person, as i have done, in some states, like massachusetts, where i practice, you have an affirmative obligation. this is another executive order that has been put into motion, it doesn't change anything, that is the way it has always been. those on the right who are talking about a new norm in doctor-patient relationship, it is not. this is the way it has always been. >> this skirts and much more difficult question in some ways. anyone who deals with public health at all, police, trauma surgeons, like my husband, these people, usually younger males, who are clearly -- have psychotic breaks over and over again. their families are at despair of what to do about it. there is no ability to commit them for any sustained period of time. once they are not an immediate threat to themselves or othe
what do you think of this law? >> there is nothing new here. in just about everything to you and, if a patient tells you that they want to kill someone or themselves, you not only have the right to go and won the person or tell the authorities, or commit the person, as i have done, in some states, like massachusetts, where i practice, you have an affirmative obligation. this is another executive order that has been put into motion, it doesn't change anything, that is the way it has always...
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. >> our weak gun laws allow mass killings to be carried out again and again and again in our country. >> the law would define what's considered an assault weapon as well as ban the sale and manufacture of such guns. 100 round clips aren't used for hunting, they aren't used for self defense. they are used to maximize the amount of damage one can do in a short amount of time. >> survivors giving their support. but not everyone thinks this is the way to curve gun violence. taking aim at the proposal saying quote the american people know gun bans do not work and we are confident congress will reject the wrongheaded approach. >> the bill faces an uphill battle with disagreements over the effectiveness of the original assault weapons ban and tougher background checks more likely to pass. fox news. >> looks and feels like winter in dc. people across the area woke up to snow. downtown a lot of people take advantage by lacing up the skates or a good old fashion snow ball fight. >> and always running. >> always running. doesn't matter. got the kids out there dusting off cars. >> what did you g
. >> our weak gun laws allow mass killings to be carried out again and again and again in our country. >> the law would define what's considered an assault weapon as well as ban the sale and manufacture of such guns. 100 round clips aren't used for hunting, they aren't used for self defense. they are used to maximize the amount of damage one can do in a short amount of time. >> survivors giving their support. but not everyone thinks this is the way to curve gun violence....
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part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want toive them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep. i disagree with you, if you're a reporter covering the intricacies of this extremely complicated legislation and regulation, you have nothing to lose by going to a forum hosted by advocates. >> how about getting brain washed. >> brain washed? >> adam with all due respects. >> let me finish my point. >> neil: let adam finish the point, go ahead. >> you go into the room, you know the people are advocates for it and they're for it it and explain why it's a good thing. >> can you imagine george bush-- >> and you learn. >> can you imagine george bush having a symposium, why it's-- on how to cover the iraq war or something? this is so-- >>, but the administration did try it clarify that all the evidence it had at the time showed there were weapons of mass destruction, and meeting with forums of journalists trying to make
part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want toive them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep. i disagree with you, if you're a reporter covering the intricacies of this extremely complicated legislation and regulation, you have nothing to lose by going to a forum hosted by advocates. >> how about getting...
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we know that these attacks on schools and typically when a law-abiding person with a firearm shows up and the attacker crumbles and kills himself. so the soonier that happened it is better and if we can have more police protecting our schools from what is almost inevitably the copy cat crimes that this very intense media coverage seems to inspire, that's a great start. >> brown: i'm assuming you didn't like many of the legislative proposals? the ban? the assault weapon ban, for example? >> well, the department of justice conducted a study of the effectiveness of that ban published in 2004 after it had been in effect for mine years and concluded it had done absolutely no good. no lives were saved. there weren't fewer shots fired in shootouts with police officers or anything else. so it was -- it's a proven failure. connecticut's had a ban on so-called assault weapons in effect since 1993. obviously that didn't do any good at newtown. the problem is the bans don't have anything to do with how fast the guns fire or how powerful their bullets are, it's all based on these superficial thing
we know that these attacks on schools and typically when a law-abiding person with a firearm shows up and the attacker crumbles and kills himself. so the soonier that happened it is better and if we can have more police protecting our schools from what is almost inevitably the copy cat crimes that this very intense media coverage seems to inspire, that's a great start. >> brown: i'm assuming you didn't like many of the legislative proposals? the ban? the assault weapon ban, for example?...
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to support the police department and law enforcement system of doing more predictive policing using both data and technology to help us do that. and then, of course, i think the most important part is to organize our communities and work with community-based organizations, families, religious groups, and everybody that's on the ground to find more ways to intervene in violent behavior out there and utilize resources such as education systems, our community jobs programs, others that might allow people to go in different direction. the unfortunate and very tragic incident in connecticut in sandy hook elementary school of course heightened everybody's awareness of what violence can really be all about. and as we have been not only responding, reacting to this national tragedy that i think president obama has adequately described as broken all of our hearts, and in every funeral that has taken place, for those 20 innocent children and six innocent adults in the school districts, and school administrators, we obviously have shared in that very tragic event, all of us. it has touched everybod
to support the police department and law enforcement system of doing more predictive policing using both data and technology to help us do that. and then, of course, i think the most important part is to organize our communities and work with community-based organizations, families, religious groups, and everybody that's on the ground to find more ways to intervene in violent behavior out there and utilize resources such as education systems, our community jobs programs, others that might allow...
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>> texas has bad law with private property rights civil forfeiture laws are aggressive and potent with the government to take property even if you are not convicted or arrested for a crime in the burden is on the property owner to get it back. john: explain it to more. you made this video. if police arrest to prosecutors must prove you're guilty before you go to jail. >> but if they suspect your car was involved they can take it, sell it and pocket the proceeds. a civil forfeiture the property is guilty until proven innocent. because most states and federal laws allow them to pocket the proceeds they can pursue profit seven justice. 1986 they took in $94 billion now it has more than 1 billion. facie cash and cars and other property taken away carrying too much cash? they can accuse you and seizure of property. john: just because you have too much cash? >> they can accuse you of a drug dealer or laundering money even if there is no reason to suspect of wrongdoing. >> but the police officer considers to be a large amount. 900, the 2000 and the burden shifts to the property owner. >> that
>> texas has bad law with private property rights civil forfeiture laws are aggressive and potent with the government to take property even if you are not convicted or arrested for a crime in the burden is on the property owner to get it back. john: explain it to more. you made this video. if police arrest to prosecutors must prove you're guilty before you go to jail. >> but if they suspect your car was involved they can take it, sell it and pocket the proceeds. a civil forfeiture...
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it's law-abiding citizens like you and me that want to comply the law say this is against the law, i guess i can't have a gun now. it doesn't stop criminals. it stops people like us. >>steve: it's not the guys at the gun show you have to worry about or the n.r.a. members or the tea party members, you have written. it's the crooks. if they want to do something bad, they're going to figure a way to get a gun. >> it's interesting because i never considered myself part of that crowd in any way. i'm not a firearms guy in any way. but when you look at all the killings being committed, whether the drive-by shootings in compton or watts or places like harlem or look at school shootings at places like sandy hook or columbine, none of these people are people that go to gun shows. you never hear about those people committing killings. maybe everyone has to calm down on this issue and take a moment to breathe. >>steve: before you go, i think to combat what happened, for instance, in sandy hook is the same thing the n.r.a. said and the president himself yesterday said we need more money for peopl
it's law-abiding citizens like you and me that want to comply the law say this is against the law, i guess i can't have a gun now. it doesn't stop criminals. it stops people like us. >>steve: it's not the guys at the gun show you have to worry about or the n.r.a. members or the tea party members, you have written. it's the crooks. if they want to do something bad, they're going to figure a way to get a gun. >> it's interesting because i never considered myself part of that crowd in...
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so we need to have antitrust laws added to our agenda. and it's beyond the fun things that we all enjoy. we believe there are things even with this dysfunctional congress, we need to jumpstart the conversation about these issues. we live in a system that's supposed to be based on competition. all public policies promote and allow deregulation. deregulation and consolidation. so i believe we have an unbroken system and that we can make a difference with these issues. there are labeling initiatives in many states there are legislative campaigns that people can really be educated about and that is really what we want to do. i would like to invite everyone to go to the food and water website. and if you're somebody that does texting, i would like to give you our text information and new contacts 69886. we need to build a political movement in this country that really has the power to tackle more difficult issues. thank you so much for listening. and also going to all this statistic to me. [applause] >> are there any questions? >> if we were t
so we need to have antitrust laws added to our agenda. and it's beyond the fun things that we all enjoy. we believe there are things even with this dysfunctional congress, we need to jumpstart the conversation about these issues. we live in a system that's supposed to be based on competition. all public policies promote and allow deregulation. deregulation and consolidation. so i believe we have an unbroken system and that we can make a difference with these issues. there are labeling...
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, should be covering the health care law. we report you must decide. uhh, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> we're live from america's news headquarters, hi, i'm jamie colby. you know the controversial airport scanners that leave nothing to the imagination, they're being scrapped by the t st. a. the agency saying the scanners that use a low dose x-ray will be gone by june because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues, the government initially stepped up its use of the body scanners after a man snuck explosives on to a flight bound for detroit that happened on christmas day in 2009. and the crisis averted in washington over the debt ceiling standoff, at least for now. house republicans expe
, should be covering the health care law. we report you must decide. uhh, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> we're live from america's news headquarters, hi, i'm jamie...
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did i want to go to seminary or to law school? and for family reasons, my husband wanted to relocate to connecticut, i wound up in law school rather than in seminary. and was delighted when i discovered that i could do a joint degree with the divinity school at yale and thought i had been trading off one interest against the other and discovered thanks to the availability of interdisciplinary training that i could actually combine my interests. and so i started in around 1982. i'm in my 0th year -- my 30th year of working in this field and find myself still fascinated, still intrigued. and dedicated to thinking deeply about the relationship between law and religion. >> host: where was this picture from on the cover of "the spirit of the law"? >> guest: oh, this is outside the united states supreme court, and it was taken on a day that a challenge to the pledge of allegiance -- not the requirement that students say it, but the insertion of the words "under god" into the pledge of allegiance which happened, actually, in the 1950s in
did i want to go to seminary or to law school? and for family reasons, my husband wanted to relocate to connecticut, i wound up in law school rather than in seminary. and was delighted when i discovered that i could do a joint degree with the divinity school at yale and thought i had been trading off one interest against the other and discovered thanks to the availability of interdisciplinary training that i could actually combine my interests. and so i started in around 1982. i'm in my 0th...
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it certainly hasn't changed that maybe they've had to leave office but it doesn't often change the law and i was. practicing what you preach maybe is something that is lacking if there's anything we can take from his story right. right rachael really appreciate you staying on top of that it was our t.v. producer rachel courteous. well we know crack cocaine and even marijuana is criminalized in the u.s. but is the real killer prescription drugs recently mayor bloomberg announced his effort to crack down on the problem in new york city he's calling abuse of painkillers a citywide and national epidemic now a number of rules are in place to prevent prescription to prevent prescription drug abuse the new policy says patients can't get more than three days worth of powerful painkillers like bike in percocet the policy also bans lost or stolen prescriptions from being refilled so is this an effective way to battle the prescription drug problem problem and what's driving americans to abuse painkillers in the first place to discuss i'm joined by dr jennifer sonce a psychologist with her own pra
it certainly hasn't changed that maybe they've had to leave office but it doesn't often change the law and i was. practicing what you preach maybe is something that is lacking if there's anything we can take from his story right. right rachael really appreciate you staying on top of that it was our t.v. producer rachel courteous. well we know crack cocaine and even marijuana is criminalized in the u.s. but is the real killer prescription drugs recently mayor bloomberg announced his effort to...
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in fact the company knows you don't bowl, you don't cut your own law. it's merely covering the track so is that what it knows doesn't seem so spooky. all right. let me finish with another question. i actually like the way i'm finishing. are there are good things about statistics, scary things about statistics, and then there are places where we're watching unfold right now in real-time. this is some of the most interesting stuff. one of the questions at the end of the book is how can we identify and reward good teachers and schools? my wife is a public school math teacher. so she has has been involved in this realm. we need good schools and we need good teachers in order to have good schools. it follows logically we ought to reward good teachers and good schools and firing bad teachers and closing bad schools. how do we do that? test scores give us an objective measure of student performance, yet we know that some students will do much better on a standardized test for other reasons that have nothing to do with what is going on inside the classroom or t
in fact the company knows you don't bowl, you don't cut your own law. it's merely covering the track so is that what it knows doesn't seem so spooky. all right. let me finish with another question. i actually like the way i'm finishing. are there are good things about statistics, scary things about statistics, and then there are places where we're watching unfold right now in real-time. this is some of the most interesting stuff. one of the questions at the end of the book is how can we...
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wade abortion rights to remain the law of the land. today in addition to those thousands of people from around the country who plan to attend the event on the national mall, house speaker john boehner will be speaking, as well. >> tracie potts live in washington. thanks so much. >>> manti te'o speaks. in his first on camera interview since the hoax story broke, he told katie couric he was not in on the prank and that he was a victim. he admitted to misleading journalists by sticking to the story after the fact saying he doesn't know what to do. te'o even played a voice mail message left for him by the unidentified woman. >> i'm just letting you know i got here and i'm getting ready for my first session and just calling to keep you posted. i miss you. i love you. bye. >> te'o also addressed questions about his sexuality. >> one of the theories, many theories, making the rounds is somehow you created this whole scenario to cover up your sexual orientation. are you gay? >> no. far from it. far from that. >> te'o told couric the man who al
wade abortion rights to remain the law of the land. today in addition to those thousands of people from around the country who plan to attend the event on the national mall, house speaker john boehner will be speaking, as well. >> tracie potts live in washington. thanks so much. >>> manti te'o speaks. in his first on camera interview since the hoax story broke, he told katie couric he was not in on the prank and that he was a victim. he admitted to misleading journalists by...
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developing news from oakland where a controversial law enforcement expert is officially a consultant to the oakland police department. the city council voted to hire bill bratton in a raucous meeting that ran into the wee hours. now to amy live at city hall. >> he is controversial but william bratton is coming to oakland. there were so many people at the meeting they had to use four rooms for overflow crowd. all the people filling up city hall. the meeting lasted until 2:30 this morning. the issue was whether to hire former police
developing news from oakland where a controversial law enforcement expert is officially a consultant to the oakland police department. the city council voted to hire bill bratton in a raucous meeting that ran into the wee hours. now to amy live at city hall. >> he is controversial but william bratton is coming to oakland. there were so many people at the meeting they had to use four rooms for overflow crowd. all the people filling up city hall. the meeting lasted until 2:30 this morning....
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looking at these things it might be more useful to actually look into some of these computer privacy laws that they have been less stagnant since one thousand nine hundred six. and you know another another thing about this that's really striking is that a huge reason why people are sir why congress claims they're so very interested in cracking down on copyright laws and things of this nature is because they're decreasing revenues for movie companies for these big broadcasting companies but as but as the congressional research service itself showed in a recent report the total gross revenues in box office receipts for u.s. companies over the past fifteen years has actually increased significantly it's doubled so and so has executive pay in fact the only thing that's decreased in regards to these movie companies is hiring so every day people who might otherwise be hired as gaffers or sound people or whatever it may be on set aren't aren't getting hired anymore so they don't have those jobs executives have those jobs and these companies have actually increased their revenue significantly les
looking at these things it might be more useful to actually look into some of these computer privacy laws that they have been less stagnant since one thousand nine hundred six. and you know another another thing about this that's really striking is that a huge reason why people are sir why congress claims they're so very interested in cracking down on copyright laws and things of this nature is because they're decreasing revenues for movie companies for these big broadcasting companies but as...
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the feds couldn't stop it and so what they were seeing was that because of this insane law in arizona thousands and thousands of these weapons were being sold down to mexico and taken down to mexico so the bush administration started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started under the bush administration you know their allies is trying to turn into something you know about it's nonsense it's political grandstanding kelli in elmwood park illinois birth. so i just have a comment and i'd like your opinion on it i'm still furious at hearing that obama is not and wasn't born in america i. this is true every republican out there if that were true what
the feds couldn't stop it and so what they were seeing was that because of this insane law in arizona thousands and thousands of these weapons were being sold down to mexico and taken down to mexico so the bush administration started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and...
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. ♪ gerri: federal appeals court has upheld the wisconsin law stripping public workers of bargaining rights. in 2011 that sparked massive protest especially from teachers' unions. with the fight over organized labor they tried to do challenge the legality but today the appeals court judge says natalie it is constitutional to be upheld in its entirety. victory for scott walker who just won his reelection. we are bringing your roundup of the most ridiculous court cases with kids in the classroom for a retired teacher suing the school board they discriminated against her clinical beer of children. plus the porn star. starting in cincinnati she said i am a teacher but i have the fear of kids? >> this will be thrown out. three parts already have federal the. after decades of teaching in the high-school level two is being demoted to the middle school then she developed a fear children. i don't think a teacher will prevail. gerri: the doctor said to is unable to control blood pressure that opposed a stroke risk. the mental anguish is serious and of the nature nobody could be expected to end
. ♪ gerri: federal appeals court has upheld the wisconsin law stripping public workers of bargaining rights. in 2011 that sparked massive protest especially from teachers' unions. with the fight over organized labor they tried to do challenge the legality but today the appeals court judge says natalie it is constitutional to be upheld in its entirety. victory for scott walker who just won his reelection. we are bringing your roundup of the most ridiculous court cases with kids in the...
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there are many major questions about the health care law that remain unanswered about access, cost and total coverage. and that's even before it's been set up anywhere. >> the wild card is how companies deal with this. if companies drop coverage and agreeing to pay the penalty, we have a new situation. >> for all the talk about u.s. troop moves under president obama, doubling down in afghanistan. >> it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops to afghanistan. >> winding down and eventually ending the war in iraq. >> now, it's time to turn the page. >> certainly, his first term and perhaps his entire presidency will be remembered for one night. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that kill ed osama bin laden. >> he escaped the problem that democrats have been since vietnam is become weak on national security. exhibit "a" is killing osama bin laden. >> the truth is, it's our seal who is did it and both the bush and the obama administration deserves credit. but it happened under
there are many major questions about the health care law that remain unanswered about access, cost and total coverage. and that's even before it's been set up anywhere. >> the wild card is how companies deal with this. if companies drop coverage and agreeing to pay the penalty, we have a new situation. >> for all the talk about u.s. troop moves under president obama, doubling down in afghanistan. >> it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops...
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if he thinks this laws are good, then go through congress. he's not a king. >> that is the kind of lie being told by the house of representatives new allen west. this is texas republican named steve stockman. here is what the republican had to say about the issues just seven years ago. >> i think we ought to extend the assault weapons ban and was told the bill was never going to move because republicans and democrats were against the ban. i believe law abiding citizen ought to be able to own a gun. and i believe in back ground check s . >>> and then there was ronald reagan, stephen rosen feld writes. and former nixon speechwriter wrote in 1999. >> joining me now joe klein, journalist for time magazine. joe, how did the republicans come to this extremist point from what we have heard to president george w. bush resigning? there are a couple of things going on here. they are coming to an end. which is good news for the rest of us. there has been a 30 year drift since reagan to the right in the republican party. reagan when he made those stateme
if he thinks this laws are good, then go through congress. he's not a king. >> that is the kind of lie being told by the house of representatives new allen west. this is texas republican named steve stockman. here is what the republican had to say about the issues just seven years ago. >> i think we ought to extend the assault weapons ban and was told the bill was never going to move because republicans and democrats were against the ban. i believe law abiding citizen ought to be...
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well this will take not a form over a solution but rather a report presented by these international law specialists and the key here is that you know unfortunately the reality is that every once in a while the u. one puts together a group of investigators to follow up on these really burning issues but sadly it's very rare that these kinds of investigations end up anywhere else but the desk drawers of you know u.n. employees in this particular case when it comes to the united states and its allies we've seen often time over and over again that these kinds of investigations don't really have any serious consequences in this particular case the group says they will present the material to the united nations general assembly but we have to keep in mind that the body has absolutely no binding power they say if the findings are strong enough they might take the results of the investigation further this might mean the united nations security council the only body of the one that has any kind of binding legal power but there the united states has veto power so it's definitely not something tha
well this will take not a form over a solution but rather a report presented by these international law specialists and the key here is that you know unfortunately the reality is that every once in a while the u. one puts together a group of investigators to follow up on these really burning issues but sadly it's very rare that these kinds of investigations end up anywhere else but the desk drawers of you know u.n. employees in this particular case when it comes to the united states and its...
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biden's task force provided a road map for the long drive ahead. >> while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil. if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. and i'm going to do my part. >> the president very compelling. he's willing to spend political capital in order to get something done. specific legislative proposals include a system of universal background checks, renewing the assault weapons ban from the clinton era, limiting high capacity magazines to ten bullets, providing more resources to states in reporting criminals and the mentally ill. out lawing armor-piercing bullets and funding, more funding, for police officers around the country. the president also signed 23 executive actions, most of them reinforcing laws already on the books. some actions are as simple as nominating. the president is asking the centers for disease control to study gun viole
biden's task force provided a road map for the long drive ahead. >> while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil. if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. and i'm going to do my part. >> the president very compelling. he's willing to spend political...
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of citizens who haven't broken any laws. emotional rational has been, as the president said this week, if there's even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. >> well, we all want to save lives, don't we? so, here is something hopefully that the president can agree to. since he says he wants to save the lives of children, we can start by ending the national nightmare of the destruction of more than a million unborn children a year, who didn't die at the end of a madman's gun, but at the end of abortionists scalpel and scraper. it's been 40 years this tuesday, since the extreme court reached beyond the constitution and created the notion that there are some lives not worthy to be lived. the familiar, but utterly false declaration of many liberals that they want abortion to be rare, but safe is an insult to the intelligence of anyone who thinks that more than a million deaths a year from abortion constitutes rare. it's hardly safe to the m
of citizens who haven't broken any laws. emotional rational has been, as the president said this week, if there's even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there's even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try it. >> well, we all want to save lives, don't we? so, here is something hopefully that the president can agree to. since he says he wants to save the lives of children, we can start by ending the national nightmare of the destruction of more than a...
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if you're talking about law enforcement, there are certain things that go with law enforcement where this is now a priority. i would be surprised if we didn't see more crackdown on gun crimes from the u.s. attorneys across the country. but this is mostly asking people to do things. >> bill: the one thing that one of our callers yesterday raised here and i think was one of the most important things, didn't get a lot of attention. there was some concern that under the health policy provisions of obama care, right that medical professionals could not report to law enforcement officers when they -- they heard repeated, you know, violent threats from mentally ill patients that they were dealing with. and the president said yesterday they're going to make it clear those policies will enable and encourage doctors, right, to report to law enforcement if they do hear some violent language from the mental health people which maybe closes that loop. they're all actions that the president -- as you say, without signing an executive order was able to take directing different federal agencies to t
if you're talking about law enforcement, there are certain things that go with law enforcement where this is now a priority. i would be surprised if we didn't see more crackdown on gun crimes from the u.s. attorneys across the country. but this is mostly asking people to do things. >> bill: the one thing that one of our callers yesterday raised here and i think was one of the most important things, didn't get a lot of attention. there was some concern that under the health policy...
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it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else that wasn't pointless was able to happen in government. a panel issued recommendations on what america should do with the chimps that we should have in captivity. all but 50 of the 350 chimpanzees that we have across the country. part of the reason we should set them free is because we can. we have in fact chimphaven in louisiana. we have the chimp act. the chimps will be kept for research purposes and housed in spacious conditions in groups of at least seven. if there is research done on the chimps who will remain for research there will be high bars for what it will reveal. you have to show there is potential for that research to be beneficial for that research. six out of every seven should be retired. now they have to make room for a big expansion. because here comes chimps. concerned advocacy about how
it passed and bill clinton signed it into law. it was a practical framework set in motion. and because they did that, today something else that wasn't pointless was able to happen in government. a panel issued recommendations on what america should do with the chimps that we should have in captivity. all but 50 of the 350 chimpanzees that we have across the country. part of the reason we should set them free is because we can. we have in fact chimphaven in louisiana. we have the chimp act. the...
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what i'm interested about is the law. we keep talking about, weak fun laws. what about weak sentencing? with the current three strikes federal law, allows for crime that carry ten-year sentence. there is no ten-year sentence for illegal firearm use. so it doesn't apply. so bad guys keep using and possessing illegal firearms which causes an overwhelming majority of the crime. that is what kills people. the rifles are very small percentage in what happens in america and what hurts people. the blac gun on gun crime surprs me. what drives me nuts about the media how they don't know from right and wrong. i'm for immigration, not illegal immigration. i'm for legal possession of fire arms, not illegal possession of ire arms. the media forfeited the sense to wish between legal and illegal because they see guns as totally evil. it's dishonest. >> eric: dana, we talked about this last week, where he said hey, senator, senate democrats, in fact, why don't you take the vote. call for a vote on this and see if you agree with president obama's recommendation and feinstein'
what i'm interested about is the law. we keep talking about, weak fun laws. what about weak sentencing? with the current three strikes federal law, allows for crime that carry ten-year sentence. there is no ten-year sentence for illegal firearm use. so it doesn't apply. so bad guys keep using and possessing illegal firearms which causes an overwhelming majority of the crime. that is what kills people. the rifles are very small percentage in what happens in america and what hurts people. the...
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law says as long as you show the origin of the grapes it's already but they put california on the right side and on the left side -- >> only the french would get upset about that. >> gregg: the problem is there is too many lobbyists in washington. we put on green room on this. it's astonishing. there are 12,051 lobbyists that are actively lobbying. >> $3.3 billion in one year. >> gregg: i didn't do that. if you do the math, 22 lobbyists for every single member of congress? >> yes. >> gregg: there 22 to one in lobbyists. >> there are a lot of lobbyists. >> gregg: there is a lot of influence peddling going on in washington, d.c. >> to me this champagne issue popped my cork. >> gregg: they ought to switch to martinis? >> i think they would all be happier, champagne does not get to that level. >> gregg: it gives you such a headache afterwards. we'll leave it at that. by the way, i would like to point out the romans that invented champagne. >> sha that italy, you don't want to deal with the italian lobbyists. >> gregg: we'll stop using the word champagne if they stop using the word empennatr
law says as long as you show the origin of the grapes it's already but they put california on the right side and on the left side -- >> only the french would get upset about that. >> gregg: the problem is there is too many lobbyists in washington. we put on green room on this. it's astonishing. there are 12,051 lobbyists that are actively lobbying. >> $3.3 billion in one year. >> gregg: i didn't do that. if you do the math, 22 lobbyists for every single member of...
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for instance, when i was in college and law school, it was $b 25,000. i work for the government -- [inaudible] my after-tax dollars. so it just seems to me that the government should be doing something to keep tuitions in check. not necessarily turn into a european system, but who are these magical doctors who are going to descend upon america and provide health care to everyone when it's 70 grand a year for one year of tuition, and you may have undergrad loans, and you're going to be taking out conceivably 300 grand for medical school? >> right. for c-span, do we need to repeat question, or are we okay? repeat the question? so the question is, um, how are we going to help young people make it through, um, you know, their educational goals, college or graduate school, in light of runaway tuition. >> yes. >> is that right? okay. do you want -- >> and also -- [inaudible] >> right. >> i mean, how are we going to get the doctors if tuition is 70 grand a year? >> we write in the booking about how -- in the book about how hard it is for homeless kids in the c
for instance, when i was in college and law school, it was $b 25,000. i work for the government -- [inaudible] my after-tax dollars. so it just seems to me that the government should be doing something to keep tuitions in check. not necessarily turn into a european system, but who are these magical doctors who are going to descend upon america and provide health care to everyone when it's 70 grand a year for one year of tuition, and you may have undergrad loans, and you're going to be taking...